This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.

We unlock the science of the forest's underground network and reveal how trees use a fungal network to communicate.

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Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young offspring, follows. Massi pauses, narrows down on a spot, and starts digging. Luke ...

A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil.

Fungal infections are becoming deadlier as drug resistance spreads and treatment options stall. Researchers at McMaster University discovered that a molecule called butyrolactol A can dramatically ...

Some fungi are not so friendly—in fact, some might be your worst enemy, if you're a nematode! Learn all about these creepy ...

Gamma irradiation, an industry-standard sterilization method for medicinal and recreational cannabis, does not fully ...

Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

According to Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023” report, three out of four undescribed plants are threatened with extinction. One species described in 2025, Cryptacanthus ebo, a ...

Study shows gamma irradiation, widely used to sterilize cannabis, does not fully eliminate toxic fungi or mycotoxins.